Behaviour Modification, in theory, may appear to be a straight forward method of enabling patients to improve those standards of behaviour which are unacceptable to others and in reality to themselves. In practice this requires a great deal of multi-disciplinary effort. The author describes a three-year project comparing the relative effectiveness of the reinforcement of desired behaviour by token economy and by social reinforcement.
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